The list below is a collection of Broadcast Radio QSL cards that I have received during the years from various short wave and medium wave stations. I was interested in listening to radio at a very young age. My first "radio" was a simple crystal detector receiver, but with that you could at most get a signal from the local radio transmitter, or if you were lucky, barely hear the Leningrad tranmitter in the USSR. My first radio was an old tube receiver made by Philips and with that I could listen to various bands. This was around 1960. My second all band receiver was a TRIO 9R-59 and that was the receiver that made me spend lots of time searching the medium wave and short wave for near and far away stations. That radio lasted for a long time until my Japan days when I bought the Yaesu FRG-7700 in 1982. It is still in use, and I must say it works well despite all the new stuff you get with thousands of knobs and buttons on the front panel. Other receivers I have used for these reception reports are a Yaesu FR-101 and an ELAC 3402 T. The ELAC only exists as a schematic diagram today.

The data listed with each QSL card is the actual date, time and SINPO for the reception report. They are arranged in the order I received them, the last in the line is on top of the list. Some of the cards you can click and look at in higher resolution.

All reception reports up until 1972 were taken at home just north of Stockholm, Sweden. I had a dipole for the 40 m amateur band strung 10 meter above the ground and that served quite well with the antenna tuner in the 9-R59. Reports dated between 1972 and 1980, when I was less active due to my work, were taken in Sachseln, central Switzerland where I lived from 1972 until 1978. In Switzerland I used a 15 meter long wire strung in the attic of our apartment building.

The QSL cards are presented in the order when they arrived in my letterbox with the latest QSL card on top of the page.

Radio Sweden with a regular shortwave transmission which I logged while staying in Japan for 6 months 1976-1977. I have lost the details of this reception and I cannot recall which receiver I used. The QSL card was delivered to my home address at Nakaya Heights in Shizuoka, Japan.

Radio Sweden with an experimental single sideband (SSB) broadcast transmission from a 30 kW PEP transmitter at the short wave broadcasting station Hörby in southern Sweden.
For this log I used the Yaesu FR-101 and a long wire.
The programme consisted of a programme of the Stockholm suburb of Vällingby and its infrastructure.

London Broadcasting Co. on medium wave sent a letter QSL (picture later). The programme consisted mostly of music and a phone-in with focus on "Folklore and superstition" .
The letter QSL arrived 224 days later. (QSL No. --)

Capital Radio was another local radio station in London with 100 kW output. However, I lived in Sachseln Switzerland, and not far from me on the other side of the lake there was a Swiss transmitter interfering on 1562 kHz that made listening impossible until midnight.
For this log I used the ELAC 3402 T and a long wire.
The programme consisted mostly of advertising and music.
A phone number was given and you could phone in requests.

Scotland's first local radio station, difficult to hear in Switzerland because of the interference from AFN in Germany on the same frequency.
The programme consisted mostly of advertising and music. During those 24 minutes there were advertising for Carlsberg, carpets and cigars.

Nova Scotia popped up now and then on medium wave during the night in Stockholm.
Here it is CHNS with 10 kW on 960 kHz located in Halifax.
The programme consisted of a religious broadcast "Back to the Bible" news, and a commentary about a strike on the airport in Halifax.

Yet another catch on medium wave during the night in Stockholm.
This time it was WHN with 50 kW on 1070 kHz located in New York.
The programme consisted of news, sports news, weather reports, commentary and popular music.

A low-power station in Norway used to be on air every other year during the Students Week in Trondheim, Bergen and in 1966 apparently in Oslo.
The programme format was pop music with the odd advertisement for Volkswagen automobiles.

Again, another Canadian station which you could hear frequently during the night in Stockholm was CBA in Sackville on 1070 kHz.
A quite interesting discussion (or phone-in) about the native Indians in Canada.

Manx Radio on the tiny island Isle Of Man on 1295 kHz was another seldom catch. Crowded medium wave band, very low transmitter power, on top of that a directional antenna so Stockholm was out of the target area.
The programme format was very much like the offshore Pirate Stations around Britain's coasts.

CJCB on 1270 kHz was another Canadian station which you could hear frequently during the night in Stockholm when the European stations had switched off.
The programme was a mixture of popular music, news and weather forecasts.

WEZE from Boston, USA, was possible to hear after the radio stations in Europe went off air during night. Low solar activity made the medium wave band quiet. The programme was called "Wonderful world of music" and consisted of just that - soft music for relaxing. Surprisingly good reception of this signal despite the low output of just 5 kW.

Radio Americas from Florida, USA could be heard after the European radio stations went off air at night and when solar activity was low and the bands were quiet. The programme was in Spanish and consisted mainly about anti-communist propaganda towards Cuba and Castro.

WNEW New York USA could be heard after most European radio stations went off air at night in 1964, when solar activity was low and the bands were quiet. The programme was mostly news and music with the occasional advertisement in between.

ETLF, Radio Voice of the Gospel transmitting from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1964. The programme was a religious broadcast. Transmissions were directed to Africa, Asia and the Middle East
as well as regional transmissions.

The Congolese Broadcasting Network, Radio Leopoldville, "The Heart of Africa", Congo, 1962 took a record of almost one year to send an answer. The programme consisted of news in English and Portuguese and music. The location of the transmitter was given as 15°20'E / 04°20'S.

Radio Clube de Moçambique "The Station for Happy Listening" in Lourenço Marques from 1963.
It must have been good listening as I logged the station for an hour.
The programme consisted mostly of Jazz music.

WWV in Boulder Colorado on 15 MHz, a time signal station with extremely high frequency accuracy. In those days before synthesized PLL receivers the signal(s) were used to calibrate for example the 100 kHz crystal oscillator I had built into my receiver to keep track of the 100 kHz marks on the radio scale. Obviously, the "programme" consisted of blips every second followed by regular voice announcements.

Radio Rumania from 17th February 1963. The QSL card depicts an almost deserted Mamaia Beach (sounds almost like "Miami Beach"!) with a couple of Soviet style hotel buildings.
The boring programme was in French and consisted mostly of communist propaganda.

A classic late-answerer is Radio Australia. In those days you would have to wait for an answer for about six months. The waiting was worthwile: The answer was a nice QSL card from the other end of the world. The answer arrived 19th February 1963.
The programme was in English and consisted mainly of news and music.

I got a QSL from Radio Roma at last. This was the third attempt, but it took a long time to get an answer. It arrived on the 24th January 1963.
The programme was in English and consisted mainly of news and music.

VUD Dehli, India according to my notes. The QSL card says All India Radio. My report was dated 3rd September and was for some reason confirmed by AIR as "11th September". The programme was in English and consisted mainly of music.

Radio Berlin International transmitted East German propaganda to Europe from the German Democratic Republic, East Germany. The QSL Card was printed in Swedish and the
programme I listened to was in Norwegian.

Radio Luxembourg was a MUST for us in Sweden in order to enjoy some kind of popular music before Radio Nord started in 1961. The radio scene changed drastically in Europe during the 60's, but the pioneer was definitely Radio Luxembourg.
The programme I logged was the popular programme "Top 20".

Voice of America from the ship Courier at Rhodes, Greece from 7th August 1962. On the same day I got a QSL card from VOA from Saloniki, Greece from 16th July 1962 on 7260 kHz, 41.32 m. Both programmes were news and commentary.

The QSL cards arrived together 42 days after the day I posted them. (QSL No. 27 and 28)

Norddeutscher Rundfunk, short wave transmitter Norden/Osterloog,
West Germany on 2nd September 1962.
Transmitter location: 07° 12' E / 53° 38' N
The programme was in German and consisted of sports commentary and music.

Radio Budapest, Hungary on 6th June 1962. The programme was news in English and mostly music.
Interesting is that the frequency 6195 kHz is not listed on the QSL card, instead they wrote "48.1, 6236 kHz". The black and white QSL card depicts the Széchenyi Chain Bridge, Széchenyi lánchíd.

Süddeutscher Rundfunk, West Germany on 30th May 1962. The programme was called "Musik bis in den Morgen" and consisted mostly of light music.
Interesting is that the frequency 3960 kHz is not listed on the QSL card, only 6030 kHz.

Radio Belgrade, Yugoslavia on 20th April 1962. The programme was news and commentary in English. I cut the log short because of lots of QRM: on the channel.
A nice and detailed QSL card with a black and with a panorama photo of Korcula.

Radio Peking, China no information but the year was 1962.
Programme content was news, music and misc. English talk.
Arrived with lots of propaganda material. Otherwise not one word written on the QSL card.
Later I got propaganda once a month regarding the border dispute with the USSR for years on end. I also got Mao's little red book (I should have kept it as a souvenir...).

Radio Moscow Soviet Union, A Norwegian language broadcast from 30th March 1962 on 7340 kHz.
Arrived with some propaganda material and other bits and pieces.
Otherwise no detailed information on the QSL card.

Radio Sofia Bulgaria, English language broadcasts from 10th April 1962 on 9700 kHz. The programme consisted of news, commentary and "propaganda".
Arrived with a Post Card of Mamaia Beach resort and some other bits and pieces. Otherwise no detailed information on the QSL card.

Swiss Shortwave Service from 16th February 1962 on 11865 kHz. The transmitter was HER 5 was on air towards India and Pakistan but was heard loud and clear in Stockholm. The QSL card was designed by a famous Swiss artist named Celestino Piatti.
Little did I know that 10 years later I would be living in Switzerland.
Programme content: Piano concerts.

Radio Nederland from 24th September 1961 on 6020 kHz. The QSL card is one of the 2000 special cards to commemorate the inauguration of Radio Nederland's new studio building.
Note: The "Happy Station" Programme.